A Canadian couple has discovered that the toy aquarium they bought for their 6-month-old son plays a lot more than ocean waves.
Blanche Skelton was feeding her baby when she heard something besides the soothing sound of ocean waves coming from a toy attached to the crib.
It was saying, “I hate you.”
After asking her husband, her parents-in-law, and everyone else in the home east of Hazel Dell, they were convinced. The toy was definitely, albeit quietly, saying “I hate you.”
Blanche’s 6-month-old son, Alex, got the toy as a Christmas present. It makes soothing sounds and music for baby to fall asleep to, with an illuminated picture of a cartoon-style aquarium on the front.
But in between the white noise of ocean waves, a tiny babyish voice pipes up with childhood angst.
Made in China, the toy was sold by Wal-Mart and carries the Kid Connection brand, which is a store brand.
Blanche and her husband, Steve, said they went to the Wal-Mart store Thursday and listened to two other aquarium toys like theirs. Sure enough, there was that creepy voice.
The couple talked to a manager, who scoffed until another employee blurted out that he heard it, too.
Then the manager pledged to get the toy off the shelves, and offered the family a refund, Blanche said. By Friday, the toys were gone from the shelves at the Hazel Dell store.
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